Fabaceae
White spanishbroom
Cytisus multiflorus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cytisus
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Common names
By language (9)
- arz
- سيتيسوس مولتيفلوروس
- Asturian
- Piornu blancu
- Chinese
- 多花金雀儿, 小花金雀儿, 馬逹加斯加染料木, 马达加斯加染料木, 马岛染料木
- English
- White spanishbroom
- Galician
- Xesta branca, Piorno branco
- mwl
- Scoba branca
- Portuguese
- Giesta branca, Escova branca
- Spanish
- Escoba blanca, Piorno blanco
- Welsh
- Banhadlen wen
Synonyms
- Corothamnus multiflorus (L'Hér.) Ponert
- Cytisus albus (Lam.) Link
- Cytisus albus var. incarnatus (G.Lodd.) Sweet
- Cytisus albus var. roseus Stapf
- Cytisus incarnatus (G.Lodd.) K.Koch
- Cytisus linkii Janka
- Cytisus lusitanicus Font Quer ex Willk.
- Cytisus multiflorus f. incarnatus (G.Lodd.) Rehder
- Genista alba Lam.
- Genista disperma Spach
- Genista madagascariensis Baker
- Genista multiflora (L'Hér.) Dum.Cours.
- Laburnum album (Lam.) J.Presl
- Lugaion multiflorum (L'Hér.) Raf.
- Retama albiflora Raf.
- Sarothamnus albus (Lam.) M.Laínz
- Sarothamnus multiflorus (L'Hér.) Samp.
- Sarothamnus parviflorus Willk. & Cutanda
- Spartium album (Lam.) Desf.
- Spartium dispermum Willd.
- Spartium multiflorum L'Hér.
- Spartium multiflorum Aiton
- Spartium multiflorum var. incarnatum G.Lodd.
- Spartocytisus albus (Lam.) Webb & Berthel.
- Spartotamnus albus (Lam.) C.Presl
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May, October (from 246 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Erler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Noa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Júlio Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Joaquín Maeso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Galán Rocío, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Variani18, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.